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meet mini elvis. he's the littlest elvis. this 2-year-old has the dance floor to himself as he dances to the jail house rock. s (male announcer) live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. fairfield but the sauce into a santa cruz and jewelry store with plans to death from the place. thieves bus into a santa cruz jewelry store with plans to rob the place of the breeze and highest rain clouds. rolled it over the bay area and still no relief
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in sight. what to expect before you step out of the town tonight. >> this storm system is pressing through and currently is right on top of us for san francisco, fairfield, concord, san mateo. you can see this is for the heaviest rainfall is. the yellow is moderate rainfall stretching through martinez. into the heels of a contra costa county. and also towards the hills of contra costa county and richmond. oakland, it is light on monday peninsula but it is heavier near alameda, san leandro and hayward. so far, the south bay not much rainfall from this storm or from one last night. that will change. with their rain through tonight and it the other storm the highest in the north bay with 1 in.-three-
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quarters for santa rosa. with one-half inch through concord and less amounts towards san jose and the south bay. just traces. and a live view from outside the bay bridge and it has been pouring. we will continue to see this for several hours and then showers. and the leftover showers but otherwise a mixture of clouds and signed. it could be pretty nice decent, day. with-sunset. >> we are live with the police have read. i hear that residents are worried rain could create another bettmuddy mass-- >> absolutely, and it has been raining on/off throughout the day possible muddy mess is the fear. they
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are checking to make sure that the water main break from and then, a net has been placed along the streets with he bills. they have been checking. >> at 2:00 a.m. until sauce of people going over there. the more the tonight's expected rainfall that the neighbors are scared of another mud a landslide in a move their cars. >> my car was covered and by thusually it is parked across the street. >> jose's his van is still stuck. >> that is my band. from last tuesday i still need to get an estimate it is my -- man. >> the city has taken costmary steps. the city
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will not create as much water as this broken pipe did in such a short amount of time. neighbors have been delivered. >> not necessarily to be evacuated but to be aware they have to be-aware. and neighbors have been dashed alerted. deval soils are camp and the homes are on the open land. >> if that water goes straight down. into the field, because you see it goes that way house will be a disaster. >> the rainfall should continue on the/author of the night. had and neighbors will rest easy. for at least a couple of days until will start training again in daly city, police got read, kron 4. >> santa cruz police are looking for four men for this botched a jewelry store
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heist. as phillipe djegal reports they believe that these men are involved in similar robberies. >> this seems to be from the santa clara county even santa clara county. contra costa county. >> they caught employes off guard by storm into the front door in downtown santa cruz. the suspects started bashing the jewelry cases and grabbing relaxes. none of the jewelry cases broke. grabbing trash there were trying to get rolex watches. >> they got into a block bodblack--vehicle european audi
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a7 but the triple pane glass jewelry cases did not break. >> that fourth suspect was found th 100 block of a for the street. >> the suspects are still at large near fern street between 20-25 years old. police say this is similar robberies in the bay area including san carlos, danville, and campbell. in santa cruz, phillipe djegal, kron 4 news. >> more trouble for cat williams comediennes -- this was set to perform last
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night at the reno but audience members say the comedian instead started rambling unstated had to be removed will try to challenge a heckler to a fight. this comes on the heels of a lawsuit that was filed against him friday over another show he had in oakland. 18 year-old delvan mosley davis says he was beaten inside williams to tour and wednesday. williams was arrested in question but was not charged and was literate released. a lawyer has filed a lawsuit on the victim's behalf and was also named libation >> this wet weather causing problems for some here in san francisco as cruz forced to rescue a surfer who got stranded in the ocean our cameras, the owner was in order to shore. and
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>> this surfer, with nine months' experience. >> the waves are pretty high and i got swept back and. i did not have any reliable citation that a -- i did not realize that this changes were switching so fast especially here at ocean beach. >> the server had no choice but to let the surf board ago. the server was washed up on to the beach. and he was on the rocks. he is going to come back here to ocean beach to try to find his a surf board. if you plan on coming to the beach? officials say that you should check the weather report before you leave home. be extremely careful. in ocean beach, mike pelton, kron 4.
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>> with the holidays writer run the corner is the time to be thankful and for some oakland residents right from the corner toward also to give back. so they can enjoy a homemade turkey dinner. pierce. >> charitable organizations throughout the bay area are trying to make sure that no table is without a meal. >> i hope that we can do our best that we can to have a great thanksgiving. >> in east oakland, the church sent saturday filling shopping bags with traditional trimmings for people the waited in line for hours. >> as far as the need it seems that people get more for free food. people have a different indeed. >> into the east oakland park police chief howard jordan is committed to help a turkey giveaway where hundreds waited in the rain for as long as five hours. >> , on and get in line.
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m.l. come back wilson began this 16 years ago. >> i wanted to make sure that our community got something so there was one less thing to stressor about during this holiday season. >> the charity that keep out over 1200 turkeys is as straightforward as they come. >> we've raise the money, and by the birds and give them out we do not want to see i did a vacation or where you live, residency or ask you what your status is if you are in line, you are going to get a turkey. >> but it is also about fostering a sense of community service for the next generation. >> it is not the grown ups it is the children passing them out we want them to have the opportunity to give out a turkey and see what it is to give back the committee that is the bottom line for us. in oakland, jeff pierce, kron 4 news. from this self the online retailer is an antitrust lawsuit with the government is suing each day. the bay ehe
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ebay.. website -- is being sued. and also the colorado shooting spree payouts
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>> the justice department is snowing e-bay.. and allegations they agreed not to recruit and hire employes with competitor " intuit' inc.. ba the bay company-the bay antitrust laws were violated by agreeing not to hire workers from come peeving company, into it. the government says the agreement was in force
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the highest level of both companies. at bank of america, we're continuing to lend and invest in the people, businesses, and organizations that call the bay area home. whether it's helping a nonprofit provide safe, affordable housing within the city, supporting an organization that's helping kids find jobs and stay in school, or financing the expansion of a local company that's creating healthier workplaces, what's important to the people of the bay area is important to us. and we're proud to work with all those who are making our communities stronger.
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>> people all across the country are watching as negotiations over the physical cliff continue. and for senior citizens and there is a lot on the line. >> i figure now where corn to live until at least 100. >> like many retired couples 87 year-old bob stromberg and his wife joy like a good debate. >> she is more optimistic than i am but i figure i have another five years. >> there is much debate the keep closer tabs on the others. , i am scared. >> i am just hoping for the best. the lawmakers going back and forth on how to avert the fiscal cliff a series of tax increases and spending cuts set to take effect january 1st unless congress acts. >> i am really a word about it. and if they do this, as
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far as medicare and talking about economics at the what we would do. i mean, i have had cancer four times so, with th fiscal cliff cutbacks-to medicare. if they don't reach an agreement is a news could be affected if they receive medicare in the third doctors become less willing to accept medicare is insurance in view of the fact that the reimbursement that medicare is providing is going to be less generous. >> but a deal to defer to the crisis could also create problems for seniors. reform to entitle the programs could be used as a trade-off for revenue increases. that means changes to social security, medicaid, medicare, could be on the table. >> if their more ambitious and they try to resolve the funding problems of the federal government over a law that's when i think
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senior citizens have more to worry about then it becomes more inevitable the programs helped aged people for health insurance benefits and government pension benefits record to be scaled back. >> i really thought that the entitlement we're here to stay. >> i thought there was a former fixture of government. and on for a congressional leaders and president despite optimism. >> i felt that a solution may be in sight. >> we're prepared to put revenue on the table provided we fix the real problem. >> but the couple say they are taking a wait and watch and see >> who knows what is going to happen. images because they're smiling his demeanor action going to come out with some sort of compromise. >> because the future is unclear they are still going to wait, watch, and this older couple is even
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cancelling this year's vacation. >> there was divers have found a body. oil rigs that caught fire in the gulf of mexico. this discovery made just hours after the coast guard officials called off the search for to workers who went missing after the blaze. helicopters and a 87 ft. cutter were out over the waters for the missing crew members. the fire started friday. they used a torch to cut an oil line. four people suffered severe burns. the fire came after one day after bp agreed to " guilty " charges in the 2012 gulf oil spill. they are now paying a record $4.5 billion
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in penalties details have been finalized for dividing up the five million-plus dollars in donations for the victims of colorado's movie theater shooting. the aurora victims' relief fund said families of the 12 people killed in the five people who suffered permanent brain damage or paralysis, will receive $220,000 each. six people, who is spent at least 20 days in the hospital will get $160,000, 13 others, who spent less time hospitalized will get $35,000, each. >> brian:the rainfall brennan's really been-remnants -- the rainfall remnants
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near heels fo b and mount st. helena. in the santa cruz mountains. and near marin county up and over an inch for the berkeley area. and still more for tonight. with nearly one-inch in some areas here is futurecast. snowfall totals there could be one-two more inches. however, pretty high levels, of of 7,000 ft.. those are expected to fall, tonight. and tomorrow at 6,000 ft.. futurecast, there is the rainfall but watch how quickly it moves out of here. the rainfall is pretty much done by 3:00 a.m. with breaks in the overcast. with a mixture of sun and clouds for their early morning hours. and the afternoon,
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look for increasing high clouds. this is forecast to just bring rain showers to points of the north. high temperatures with 50s and 60s. and your kron 4 7 day around the bay after tonight we are looking pretty nice for tomorrow just a few morning showers. the sunshine for the afternoon with clouds on monday. showers around santa rosa, and it tuesday, increasing clouds with the evening lingering showers on wednesday. >> if you ar badly behaving badly? the next edition of people behaving badly.
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(male announcer): now, here's stanley roberts who found people behaving badly. >> back in july of 2012 i did it this segment. >> so here is the problem people are stealing beauty transfers--muni transfers and reselling them, but not just one transfer, they are stealing the entire book! when i did this story i knew that there were people selling muni transfers which is illegal. but i never
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could action catch someone on tape. until now and for the record i was looking for something else until now. >> of man? >> this guy decided to sell them pretty much smack in front of me which caught my undivided well i guess on his down time he moved over to selling unique transfers. despite the fact that it is illegal to buy or sell them. now, the interesting part i think he realized he probably should have stayed mixed in the crowd because it appeared he would try to get as far away from me as he could. however, thought he had my undivided attention he was under the microscope. and just when he thought all was well, back to trying to sell the transfers not to be fair he never actually asked for money he would simply
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presented the transfer for a donation, however if you watch your this man's donation was less than adequate suite takes the transfer back. >> with an illegal transfer one could in effect ride muni all day. with only spending $2. >> with one book of sellers the-with one book of- transfers you could even make $200. >> how much we reselling them for? >> $1. >> there is a lesson to be learned here, if you're going to be behaving badly. do not wave a red flag and bring attention to yourself. >> the president's trip to the asian countries. >> coming up, the new internet start-ups that you can grab a ride on your
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phone. coming up, the utilities commissions slaps them with a huge find. coming up fine
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>> take a look if this weather system that is pushing through a light rain did. towards south san francisco, san mateo and also light rain towards the east bay. this is where is the heaviest through walnut creek, danville, concord,
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the san ramon valley. under the gun for tonight but the south-bay has that seem quite as much yet but that could change in the next couple of hours. however, this front, this weather front that pushes through the tail and is falling apart. once we get to the south bay it will not be as much as what we are seeing. the rainfall totals beyond 24 hours, the highest near santa rosa. and in some places in the hills have seen the 3 in.-4 in. in the last 24 hours. one half inch and santa rosa, and lesser amounts in the south bay through pleasanton, and livermore. here is the satellite of the storm system and notice if continues all the way from northern california. we are just getting the tail end of this and it is kind of falling apart. there is another system off the pacific northwest that is coming our way but it is
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staying to the north. we could see some showers for sonoma county on monday. for tonight, look for. some of rainfall a partial clearing after midnight. and otherwise, not a bad day with a mixture of clouds and son. the forecast for next week, coming up. >> a man is in custody and the san jose police are looking for a second man in the police involved shooting and suspect. they were responsible for four different robberies in the san jose area. around 9:00 a.m. on friday it looked like the getaway car. the police chase ended at greenfield airport and one of the suspects from shooting at the police. one officer was wounded. both suspects took off running and the driver was later found hiding in a home. he was shot but is expected to survive. that second suspect
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is on the loose. >> in 19 year-old man pleaded guilty in a 2009 beating and gang rape of a 16 year-old girl at richmond high school. the attack happened outside a homecoming dance. ari abdallah morales of san paolo could spend 27 years in prison. he is the second person to plead guilty in this case. man well ortegal ---manuel ortega was the first defendant to plead guilty to charges in the gang rape case. ortega accepted a plea deal and was sentenced to 32 years. four other defendants will appear in court >> a catholic bishop apologized today to parents and community members after a registered offender was
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allowed to attend elementary school festival last month. according to bishop patrick mcgrath, it was a mistake that allowed mark gurries to volunteer at a san francis cabrini parish festival. state law allows guries to be on school grounds as long as school officials give a letter granting him permission there have been no reports of anybody being hard up president obama is visiting thailand as part of a southeast asia to work toward the white house says the obama relationship with asia will play a critical part in the second term on his foreign policy. all of also plans a regional summit in cambodia and will be the forest vi president to visit fit president to visit
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myanmar.... the death toll is rising as israel troops and palestinians trade fire over the gaza border. an israeli air strike destroyed the palestinian cabinet headquarters and gaza, in response to rockets shot from gaza towards israel. >> israel says one rocket was blocked saturday morning as it headed straight from tel aviv. the conflict in this region is intensifying. as thousands of troops are being mobilized in the isreali/gaza border.
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>> this continued hostility is fueling and settlement. fueling-uncertainty. -- >> the isreali and the palestinians remain at odds and they are hoping to find a peaceful resolution. >> the popular of ride sharing supe servi have been fined $20,000 by the public utilities commission with public safety violations. >> ride sharing services are catching on like wildfire they seem like a great alternative to public transportation or taxi. through web sites or even mobile applications like uber , lift and side car
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have all been recently successful. but one of this under premier wars was slept with the $20,000 fine. >> one of these -- as entrepreneurs --, this gets the attention of the people. and with the recent popularity they did not understand the motive. >> these are charter party cares carriers and have to report require and carry authorization. however, they do not own the cars. which is a loophole. that the of entrepreneurs have found. >> they are trying to fit us in a box that we do not fit.
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traditionally, they have been forced his role with a fleet of vehicles that the company owns. we take our drivers to a more astringent background checks, department of motor vehicles a check. the other companies to have standards, but what ours is compares is what we accept and what we do not. gabe slate tech report kron 4 news
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>> a recent survey of retailers found that nearly one half of americans have
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already begun their holiday shopping. credit cards can be useful they aren't showing to keep an eye on that balance before it gets out of hand. especially with the in-store credit car offers at the register. >> the positive is that they tried to sell you on the register is that you can tried to get a 10-or 50% off right away but it is enticing but it is still a good idea to read that credit-card agreement for >> but don't let that get you down, if you have credit cards that offer rewards like travel or get spending don't hesitate to use them. remember experts say as long as you said a budget and stick to it you can avoid troublesome holiday debt. >> it also, a holiday- neighborhood---eatery pub [ female announcer ] welcome one and all
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>> if you have been working up an appetite. there is a brand new corner tavern. >> it was a richly called corners. amid this is cozy and quirky. and it is a true tavern feel when you get everything from the community. everybody coming in and feeling good is sitting next to each other. >> it is one of our favorites. we have set outside a couple of times in walnut creek is a little bit less trendy. >> they have a sister restaurants. salt house, town hall, anchor & hope. and all have one common
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denominator. >> people are people there want great tasting food with a spirited people. >> speaking of spirited, mitch, this is walnut creek style is with the chef. >> i am from texas and i've seen the southern fried chicken. >> he brings it with the big and bold flavors. tender, flavorful, and do not forget the spirits. it is a true tavern with all manner of cocktails. and a seasonal and the sustainably the beat and blue cheese and salad, the buttermilk fried chicken. fed to find out more about the tavern, go to our website www.kron4.com and click on " dine in dish ". >> and a happy birthday tonight for the woman behind a " barbarous fish trap ". yes, there really
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is. a 80 years young this week. it is a lovely lady. she is a longtime favorite for fish lovers in half moon bay. and yes, it is also the kickoff of done to this crab season. so the line as long to get in. in. dungeeoness crab season... so the line as long to get and. happy birthday, barbara! as we can see the yellow with four locations near san francisco, oakland and san leandro. the rain has being becoming more intense but
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has not quite as bad recently. there is some showers recently been forecast but we can see the project is wet. it's just in the last 24 hours, the bridge-what is wet. and the coronado hills. between 3 in.-4 in. and walnut creek, the santa cruz mountains nearly 3 in. also your snowfall in the sierras but this is a warm systems of the snowfall from this is about 7,500 ft.. snow levels dropping at 6,000 ft. for tomorrow. a winter storm warning until 10:00 a.m. here is futurecast. 10:00 p.m., that main band of rainfall position over the bay. it will slide off to the east, overnight and the notice by 3:00 a.m. some clearing look for extra
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clouds and sunshine and for the afternoon. with degreasing high clouds and it is not clear to completely block out the sun. a mixture of this son and lots of white clouds. the mixture of this sunshine-with a picture of- high clouds. temperatures will be in the 50s and 60s. and your kron 4 7 day around the bay monday, we have a another weather system coming and that will produce mostly cloudy skies to the north of the golden gate. maybe some showers through santa rosa. mostly sunny and to state the increasing cloud coverage as that next system will reach the bay area with rainfall on the tuesday. showers continue but it could clear for late wednesday. thanksgiving looks nice with clouds and sunshine and mostly sunny and warmer for the holiday
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weekend. >> police and utah are searching for a mother and son team that robbed a store last weekend to take a closer look. the son handed the cashier a note to demanding. when the cashier did not comply the mother pulled out a gun and started threatening the store clerk then the mother credit couple cartons of cigarettes >> this tornado touched down in portugal. and three people are listed in serious condition. you can see from this video. it tore off rooftops, and damage to 100 homes luckily, no one was killed. >> president barack obam need met with the gymnastics >> president barack obam need met with the gymnastics team.[ male announcer ] citibank's app for ipad
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>> without even saying a word she has been becoming a superstar. in the hours before, during and after super storm sandy, n.y. mayor michael blumberg's press briefings were critical. yet often it was
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someone else that caught everyone's eye. lydia callis. the mayor's mesmerizing sign language interpreter. >> the city's newest car, lydia callis, whose expressive sign language interpreting turned disaster press briefings into an lalvin ailey sign language recital. >> her sons are set to music. >> i saw the sign " to. >> there is a gahgnam style spook and saturday night live. >> with a special thanks to my sign language interpreter, lydia callis who brought some possess who would otherwise have been a dour occasion.
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>> good afternoon, at the onset let me again think our synar, let synar offcallis for being with us today. i did want you to bring. did you see >> she arrived for our interview with her own interpreter. >> were you surprised by the reaction? >> i was very surprised, naturally. was a bit overwhelmed. at the same time i felt like " while this is great ". but if this is what's going to shine light and bring it to the deaf community and the culture and language then it's a beautiful thing. >> 224 of every 100 americans are functionally death. -2-2 out of every 100 americans. >> of what was this all about? when were you doing
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that? >> all those are signs for the storm. so when you have wind, you would go like this, her mom and three siblings are death, the which has become her first language. >> if you watched any of the news reports, you can see i was signing but i was also mouthing the words as well because you have people that are deaf, that cannot read lips, cannot speak and read solely on sign language and you have people on the complete other side of the spectrum who are oral and can speak for themselves and some hearing of or hard of hearing and cannot understand sign language. tomorrow why so expressive?, his tone was very fierce and strong and i had to betray that to my message in my facial expressions because it was a fortune for people to know. if there were in the zone 8, immediate danger. they needed to know to evacuate their homes as
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soon as possible. >> she also follows the news so she knows how to sign words like surge and crane. >> then there are times, the message for the deaf, and the hearing, and are one and the same. >> one of the pictures that was taken of me and the mayor,. are you kidding me? >> she calls it all about interpreting the mayor's message as faithfully as possible. her fans say " i love you, call me, awesome! >> have a great night.
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